Huntington, Susan Mansfield – Huske, Ellis
Huntington, Susan Mansfield
author, was born Jan. 27, 1791. She wrote a story entitled Little Lucy. Her memoirs, with her letters, journal, and poetry, were published by Benjamin B. Wisner in 1829. She died in 1823.
Huntington, William Henry
philanthropist, was born May 30, 1820, in Norwich, Conn. He went to Europe in 1858, and was correspondent of the New York Tribune for twenty years. He gave away a large part of his income in private charities, and voluntarily remained in Paris during the siege of 1870-71 to relieve the suffering and poor in his own quarter. He died Oct. 1, 1885, in France.
Huntington, William Reed
clergyman, lawyer, author, was born Sept. 20, 1838, in Lowell, Mass. He is an episcopal clergyman of prominence as a broad churchman. He was rector of All Saints church at Worcester, in 1862-83, and since 1883 has been rector of Grace church, New York city. He is the author of The Church Idea; Conditional Immortality; The Peace of the Church; The Church Porch; Questions on the Fourth Gospel; The Causes of the Soul; Short History of the Book of Common Prayer; and Quinquaginta, a book of fifty poems.
Hunton, Eppa
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 23, 1823, in Fauquier county, Va. He was state attorney for the county of Prince William, Va., from 1849 to 1862; and was elected to the state convention in 1861. He entered the confederate army as colonel of the eighth Virginia infantry; was promoted after the battle of Gettysburg; served through the war as brigadier-general. He was elected to the forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses; and in 1892-95 served in the United States senate to fill a vacancy.
Hunton, Jonathan G
governor, was born in 1781, in Unity, N. H. He was governor of Maine in 1830 and 1831.
He died Oct. 14, 1851, in Fairfield, Maine.
Huntsman, Adam
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1835 to 1837.
Hupp, John Cox
physician, surgeon, was born Nov. 24, 1819, in Washington, Pa. He is a distinguished physician and representative citizen of Wheeling, W.
Va.; and comes of a family noted for heroism and sacrifice in the days of Indian warfare. He was educated at West Alexander academy, and at Washington college, Pennsylvania, from which latter institution he graduated in 1844. In 1847 he graduated in medicine from the Jefferson Medical college, and at once entered into the general practice of medicine at Wheeling. Dr. Hupp was one of the founders of the medical society of the state of West Virginia; and in 1870 he brought chloral hydrate to the notice of the profession in a case of puerperal mania. He was instrumental in establishing the evening free school, and in the general advancement of educational work in his city and state. In 1875 he was a delegate of the American Medical association to the European Medical association; is a prominent member of the leading medical bodies of America and Europe; and has filled all the offices of honor in their gift. He is the author of numerous medical papers and contributions to medical literature, and ranks as one of the foremost physicians in the south.
Hurd, Frank Hunt
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 25, 1841, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He was made a county prosecuting attorney in 1863; and a state senator in 1866. He codified the criminal code of Ohio in 1868, which was duly published. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the fortyfourth congress; was also elected to the forty-sixth and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat.
Hurd, Helen Marr
educator, poet, was born Feb. 2, 1839, in Harmony, Maïne.
In her youth she was engaged in educational work; and has contributed poems to periodical literature during the past forty years. In 1887 she published a volume entitled Poetical Works, a work of real merit; this was followed by another volume in 1890. She takes an active interest in the cause of temperance and other movements in the interest of humanity.
Hurd, John Codman
author, was born Nov. 11, 1816, in Boston, Mass. He was a writer of Boston, and the author of The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States; and The Theory of Our National Existence. He died in 1892.
Hurd, Nathaniel
engraver, was born Feb. 13, 1730. He was probably the first in this country to engrave on copper. He engraved the seal of Harvard university. He died Dec. 17, 1777.
Hurlburt, William Henry
journalist, author, was born July 3, 1827, in Charleston, S. C. He was a journalist of New York city of much prominence at one time as one of the editors of the World.
His latest years were spent in Europe.
He was the author of Gan Eden, or Pictures of Cuba; and General McClellan and the Conduct of the War. He died in 1895.
Hurlbut, Henry Augustus
merchant, patriot, was born Dec. 8, 1808, in Hartford, Conn. He was a successful hat merchant of New York city; and during the civil war was foremost in sustaining the government with voice and purse. For many years he was commissioner of emigration for the state of New York. He was one of the founaers of the Second National bank, and for a time its president. He was also active in various philanthropic movements.
Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 29, 1815, in Charleston, S. C. He settled in Belvidere, Ill.; and was elected to the constitutional convention of 1847.
He was a presidential elector in 1848; a member of the legislature in 1859, 1861, and 1867; and presidential elector in 1868.
He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers in 1861; and was promoted majorgeneral in 1862. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-third congress; and re-elected to the fortyfourth congress. He died March 27, 1882.
Hurlbut, William Henry
physician, surgeon, state legislator, was born Jan. 8, 1837, in Venice, N. Y. Since 1877 he has been United States examining surgeon for pensions; and in 1896 was elected a member of the Wisconsin state legislature.
Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
clergyman, author, was born in 1843, in New York. He is a methodist clergyman of prominence in New York and New Jersey, and the author of Manual of Biblical Theology; Studies in the Four Gospels; and Outlines in Old Testament History.
Hurley, Denis M
business man, congressman, was born March 14, 1843, in Ireland. He was educated in the public schools and learned the carpenter's trade. He is in the contracting business, and at present is connected with the W. H. Beard Dredging company of New York city. He was an unsuccessful candidate of the republican party for member of assembly in the first assembly district of Kings county in 1881-82; was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Hurst, Calvin
lawyer, was born Oct. 19, 1860, in Claiborne county, Tenn.
He received a liberal education; taught school during 1878-82; and during 1885-90 was engaged in land surveying and draughting. He has attained success as an able lawyer of Pineville, Ky.; nas taken an active part in the political affairs of his state; and is president of the Bryan Silver club of his city.
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Hurst, John Fletcher
clergyman, college president, bishop, author, was born Aug. 17, 1834, near Salem, Md. has been president of the Drew Theological seminary; a bishop of the methodist episcopal church; and is now chancellor of the American university of Washington, D. C. He is the author of Literature of Theology; History of Rationalism; Martyrs to the Tract Cause; Life and Literature in the Fatherland; Outline of Church History; Our Theological Century; Bibliotheca Theologica; Short Histories of the Church; Short History of the Christian Church; Indica, the Country and People of India and Ceylon, include the greater part of his original works.
He is also the translator of Hagenbach's History of the Church in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; of Van Oosterzee's Lectures on John's Gospel; and of Lange's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, with additions.
Husbands, Herman
patriot, was born near Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the state legislature of North Carolina, and subsequently was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1778.
He died in March, 1795, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Huse, Mary Stickney
educator, poet, was born Jan. 23, 1858, in Damariscotta, Maine. After receiving a liberal education, she engaged in educational work; for two years in a kindergarten school at St. Paul, Minn., and then in the primary department at Princeton.
Huse, William L
railroad prešident, was born March 9, 1835, in Danville, Vt. He is president of the Chicago, Paducah and Memphis railroad; and also of various other roads.
Huske, Ellis
journalist, author, was born about 1700. He was a resident of Portsmouth, N. H., previous to his becoming postmaster of Boston in 1734, and was a councillor of New Hampshire in 1733-55. He published the Boston Weekly Post-Boy from 1734 till 1755, and was the reputed author of The Present State of North America. He died in 1755.